Harborview Properties

Do not wast your time with Jonathan Flatow, Saw 2 apartments on Web, he told me both were available. After trying to get a hold of him I called the first apartment and spoke to the landlord and it had been rented for Months, so before I wasted anymore of my time I drove by the second place and there were no rentals. There nothing but scam artist.

Jonathan was incredibly accommodating, even showing us an apartment on his day off. He helped guide us through the approval process and was available to answer our questions.
All in all a great experience.

This is my previous review:
Seriously! Don’t waste your time here.
Just drove all the way to the office and Frank told me that i have to provide all of my info (my current addy, employment, salary … And so on) for viewing the apartment.
I’m just looking for a rental apartment.
It was total waste of my time.
Terrible experience!
And here is my update to this:
What more frustrated me was that Frank was just unbearably rude.
I never had such unpleasant experience in person.
Why am I getting treated by someone who wants to do a business with me?
I almost felt that it could be a discrimination for being an Asian.
So. from the comment below my previous review, you;ve said that
«local Landlords and Owners want to be certain that our office is bringing them financially qualified and credible applicants to fill their vacancy.»
This clearly says that you only consider landlords and owners aspects.
I have done more apartment viewing with other agencies and all I had to do was have them hold my personal ID.
I am new to this area so I wanted to start my new life in New York by renting first.
I’m planning to purchase one or two properties in the area in near future and I know I will never do any business with this realtor.

Working with Jonathan Flatow has been nothing but a nightmare:
February 8, saw an apartment listed on Trulia&I jumped on it. The apartment was in a building that had all the amenities I was looking for. At the time, I was work w/​an AWESOME, AMAZING realtor @William Raveis, unfortunately it appeared the owner& the realtor are friends, so the listing was an «exclusive» listing to Jonathan. This should’ve been a RED FLAG, however working w/​an amazing realtor at William Raveis, I never thought I would have 2 deal w/​lying, cheating, stealing, snake in the grass at HarborView.
February 13, Jonathan was finally was able to show me the apartment. The unit was not renovated, original kitchen appliances, the bathroom has never been updated, the building was built in 1988. I think the original carpet was still in there but I could not see it as the people that were still in the apartment are GROSS, DISGUISING PIGS, piles of crap everywhere — floors, counters, every square inch, piles of crap — laundry in the tub, bras and underwear hanging, it was a fire/​safety hazard, there even could possibly be pests/​bugs living in there with them. It was beyond filthy, grimy, I swear to GOD, I was scarred for life… or so I thought.
The owner obviously knew he had some major cleaning, possible fumigating&general repairs. Regardless I looked past the disaster, knowing the owner was going to repair, clean/​replace the carpet&paint.Jonathan was to get back to me in regards to questions/​concerns, most of which still remain unanswered&this jerk had me sign a contract saying he works 4 the tenant&will look out for my best interest.
When it was time for Jonathan to collect the checks, I was told, the apartment would be cleaned, painted&the carpet would be replaced. I was also told the owner would test the smoke detector&replace the batteries, he would also replace the filter in the HVAC unit. I requested the washer machine hoses be replaced, as per the condominium rules and regulations.
April 1, move in day&that’s when I discovered the apartment was NOT cleaned, the filth left behind needed to be professional cleaned, it was left for me to clean. It was NOT painted&the owner went around with semi-​glossy paint&spot painted on flat painted walls, it’s horrible. Nothing was repaired, I spent over $ 50 buying lights bulbs&I still have more to purchase. I found the carbon monoxide detector, in the bedroom closet on the top shelf, the intercom does not work. It has taken me 5 days to clean the apartment&I’m not done. Just to give you an idea, I used 2 bottles of Clorox CleanUp, 1 bottle of Soft Scrub, 2 bottles of Scrubbing Bubbles&2 bottle of grout cleaner. My figure tips have suffered chemical burns.
1 would think the realtor you paid $ 2000 to would see how the move went, not Jonathan, he got his money&disappeared.I’ve since reached to him&he has done NOTHING!!!
If you can avoid working with Jonathan Flatow and HarborView Proprieties… DO IT!!! As you can see all they care about is screwing you over for money.

We enlisted Christian at Harbor View Properties to help us find a rental in Larchmont. At first we were delighted, he showed us three wonderful properties, all of which were actually below budget. We settled on one and were told the application fee was $ 300. We immediately went to the bank and gave him the $ 300 and said we would do whatever we needed to to get the apartment. We were told time and time again thru out that next week that everything was on track, its «99% all good, nothing to worry about» only to be told less than a week before our move in date that the apartment would not be ready and they would not take our application. One would think he would return our $ 300, but he did no such thing. He accepted cash for an application on an apartment that was not even available. I was sickened, but so close to our move in date we ended up taking another apartment that he had showed us, and therefor paid him a broker fee of one months rent. I was certain he would deduct the $ 300 from that fee, but no he did not. I will never use Christian of Harbor View Properties again, and in fact when asked by friends who to go to I specifically say DO NOT use this company!